Carlito made a surprise return during the San Juan Street Fight match between Bad Bunny and Damian Priest on Saturday night at the WWE Backlash 2023 pay-per-view event.
Carlito assisted the LWO against The Judgment Day, allowing Bunny to score the victory.
Since the pay-per-view event, videos of Carlito’s return have gone viral on social media.
The Twitter version of the clip has already drawn over five million views. The video on WWE’s official YouTube channel has over 1.2 million views.
WWE Backlash 2023 marked Carlito’s first appearance in WWE since his Royal Rumble cameo in February 2021. Carlito did appear the following night on RAW after the Royal Rumble, teaming up with Jeff Hardy in a winning effort.
Former WWE Superstar Savio Vega also appeared to help Bad Bunny, Carlito, and the LWO against The Judgment Day.
The roof just blew off for the return of CARLITO in Puerto Rico at #WWEBacklash!!!
Now that … THAT's cool! 🍎🍏 pic.twitter.com/WPBQ5DzbHl
— WWE (@WWE) May 7, 2023
